Reed Sorenson's 29.602s was the fastest time set in Nationwide Series practice on the one mile New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon as the field got ready for Saturday afternoon's New England 200.

Fellow Nationwide Series regular Aric Almirola set the next best time just 0.038s back, while Cup drivers Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano took up the second row ahead of Jason Leffler and Justin Allgaier. All 11 fastest times were set in the afternoon session, while Harvick and Brad Keselowski had set the ace in the slower morning practice 1.

Qualifying for the race takes place at 10.35am local time on Saturday morning, with the race itself getting underway at 3.30pm and consisting of 200 laps.

Mike Bliss took to the track in the #32 car despite a freak accident with the team's hauler on Thursday, which saw the tailgate lift collapse and drop the car - whose fall was broken by a generator and a water cooler underneath. "They were rolling the car back and the gate just broke free," said Bliss' crew chief Paul Clapprood.

"This makes us all aware these lift gates aren't invincible,” Bliss himself said. “The car has some cosmetic damage. The water cooler underneath it kind of stopped it ... It's beat up, but we'll start the race off that way. Luckily no one got hurt, but it's not good." In fact, one team member did sustain a minor knee injury and received treatment after the accident.

Bliss set the 20th fastest time of the morning session and the 18th of the afternoon session.

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